The Great Equalizer in "Hamlet"

Summary: A look at the symbology of death as a great equalizer in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Every individual on earth meets the same end no matter what kind of life they have lived.

In William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, the concept of death and constant repetition is served to demonstrate that the end of one's life is served as a great equalizer for all humans, because every individual on the face of the earth meets the same end, and the only thing that is important at the time of death is being ready to accept it. It doesn't matter what life one lives, because at the moment of death, whether the person lived his life as a king or a beggar, he becomes worm food once he goes to his grave.

Death surrounds Hamlet everywhere throughout the play, and he learns to realize that it is inevitable. The passing away is something that one has to learn to cope with, because in the end, nothing matters. After one goes to his or her...